There will be some recap of the 5,300 plus miles traveled this summer, but not tonight. Instead, there are photos.
A few shots of a North Las Vegas find. Word of this place came from a local friend who first posted pix of the place in 2007. All of my pictures of the ranch are here and all of Ms. Bonanza’s here.
More to follow as soon as they are taken, uploaded, edited, amended and blogged about.
Vegas is proving to be a surprise. The weather, almost sublime. Mild (80’s/70’s) and breezy.
Sporadic internet access has me blogging less than desired. Despite being a former 5-year resident, there are a few long-time attractions I never visited. Along with some new finds are some highlights worth posting about. Pictures and some tales of Sin City uniqueness will follow sometime soon.
“Viva Las Vegas, turning day into nighttime,
Turning night into daytime.
If you see it once
you’ll never be the same again”
This blog was created while living in Vegas, and the name reflects an infection I got while in the city. Driving the desert or flying into the Vegas valley, if you see it at night there’s nothing like it. It’s not a good city or a healthy one. But I dig the place and was unscathed when we left. Now we are going back again. To see good friends, a wedding and some old haunts.
And finally, a game that the city deserves: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The Board Game. A quote from Hunter S. Thompson’s book of the same name:
“The trunk of the car looked like a mobile police narcotics lab. We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers . . . and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls . . . Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’d get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.”
The first of two Summer roadtrips was just completed this evening.
Atlanta was a success in the food and lovely-city departments, but a bust with the attractions. We both noted how gorgeous the city was, something I had forgotten in the time since we left it. But in that time, a favorite vintage antiques place went out of business and the Waffle House Museum was closed the day we rolled by. So, I consoled myself when we went to the world’s largest aquarium.
Like most trips, we were held up as scantily-clad women demanded to join us in our travels. As any blogger knows, groupies can be a nusiance. My wife shooed them away and we are now on our way.
Tales of the road to follow.
If you mixed Watts Towers with the Orange Show you could have Austin’s Cathedral of Junk. Which was visited this weekend. See below picture for proof. They don’t do it justice, but are better than nothing.
Me and the missus and the kid will be Austin-bound for the weekend. This will be our first visit to our fair state’s capital. So, for those out there with tips, recommendations and places to avoid drop me a line or leave a comment. I’m looking at you my 26 feed subscribers and 10 followers! Throw me some love and good ideas.
My only must-see, the Cathedral of Junk…
Neon Poisoning 